In the absence of Ashton, I assumed all responsibilities for the household. I had to sound undeterred and stay composed to earn the bodyguards’ respect,

Their chief walked towards me and reported, “Madam, this person intruded the villa a moment ago. We detected his intrusion and caught him in time. We’ll lock him up in the basement after this.”

“Well done.” I nodded as a gesture of recognition. It’d be better to leave the interrogation to Ashton’s henchmen since they were better versed in this area.

Once they’d gotten the green light, they trudged him towards the basement. “Scarlett!” That person shouted my name out loud.

Wait a minute. Isn’t that Marcus?

“Hold on!” I immediately stopped them. “Bring that man over.”

I’d been watching the whole episode from upstairs, and all I could see was heads jostling among each other. After the man was under control, I never got to see his face since the guards pressed it down on the floor like a pancake. But this voice, Marcus’ voice, was simply too familiar.

bodyguards kept a distance between him and me.

No way! Marcus?

jawline and

I commanded. Marcus would hurt anyone but

hesitated. None of them released their grasp as they weren’t

my friend! If anything happened, I’ll

in and retreated to

down the stairs to meet him. “If you want to see me, you could’ve

Mrs. Fuller nowadays.” My words got stuck in my throat. I then turned to one of the bodyguards and lifted my brow, signing for him to spill the

out there may cause me harm and ordered to bar

and Emery could walk in anytime. I wouldn’t have noticed

him take a seat. “Where have you been for the

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